07-04-2024, 03:31 PM
Mara’s expression shifted to something almost human passing over her features before the eerie fascination settled back in place. The pets beneath her seat settled to stillness, as if listening intently to the conversation.
“You understand, then,” she said somberly.
Her eyes darkened at the mention of a father and the tragedy that had shaped the boy’s life. “I told them the truth, of course,” she continued, her tone tinged with a bitter edge. “That I have pets, shadows that twist and coil around the living. That my books are stories of the real nightmares my pets unleash.” She pushed the book she had been reading toward him.
A smile, cold and distant, played on her lips. “They didn’t believe me, naturally. The doctors said it was a symptom of trauma, a fractured mind trying to make sense of the world. They gave me pills to dull the visions, but they only made my pets angry. So, here I am.”
She leaned forward slightly, her eyes locking onto the boy’s with a curiosity that bordered on obsession. “But you, you see them too, don’t you?”
“You understand, then,” she said somberly.
Her eyes darkened at the mention of a father and the tragedy that had shaped the boy’s life. “I told them the truth, of course,” she continued, her tone tinged with a bitter edge. “That I have pets, shadows that twist and coil around the living. That my books are stories of the real nightmares my pets unleash.” She pushed the book she had been reading toward him.
A smile, cold and distant, played on her lips. “They didn’t believe me, naturally. The doctors said it was a symptom of trauma, a fractured mind trying to make sense of the world. They gave me pills to dull the visions, but they only made my pets angry. So, here I am.”
She leaned forward slightly, her eyes locking onto the boy’s with a curiosity that bordered on obsession. “But you, you see them too, don’t you?”
"Come, mistress"